From agough@sedona.intel.com Sat May 21 12:59:39 EDT 1994
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From: agough@sedona.intel.com (Andy Gough)
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Subject: Re: Drinking a Drowned Cigarette--Reduce Cravings?
Date: 17 May 1994 02:12:52 GMT
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In article <9-x64=h@dixie.com>, jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond) writes:
> calebb@teleport.com (Caleb Burns) writes:
> 
> >I recall reading a letter in Ann Landers or in Dear Abby about 12 years 
> >ago that described someone ripping a cigarette into pieces and then 
> >mixing it into their coffee and drinking it (without the filter and 
> >paper). The idea was that the person would be able to give up smoking as 
> >they could get nicotine in this fashion rather than through smoking.
> 
> >I know that there are additives, etc., in cigs that make consumption of 
> >large quantities of it very harmful, but does anyone know of this 
> >technique to quitting smoking?
> 
> One caution.  Depending on the cig, there is either a near-lethal or
> lethal dose of nicotine in each cig.  Fortunately for smokers, smoking
> is a very poor delivery system.  If one were to do an exceptional job
> of extracting the nicotine and the resulting glop didn't make him
> puke, he could very well kill himself with little warning.

It makes a great insecticide, though.  Brew (like tea) one cigarette in
a gallon of water, add a teaspoon of salt, and a teaspoon of soap, and you
have an insecticide that will kill darn near anything!  Nicotine will kill
almost anything.  There should be a lesson in that . . ..  ;-)

Regards,
Andy
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